Anyone here done their PPL

Decided to go and do the Private Pilots License. Has anyone here done it?

No. Was working on similar training in VGS though, but failed instructors medical. Had i passed it, its the equivalent to a PPL.

My mate Jim has done his though. Did it at Sherburn Aerodrome near Leeds.

Looked into it sometime ago, but found it flippin expensive.

Mate did his in Florida will full board accommo which was almost half price of over here. Plus the weather was great and could see for miles.

I wanted to make money out it, which involved doing CPL on top and then your ATPL in order to take many passengers. Your looking at about 60k for that.

Still get a Job with BA and you'd recoup that in no time.

Lot of money to gamble on.

I might do my HPPL in the states in a few years.

It all depends what your looking to do.

Just looking to do it for pleasure furthes I may go is to a multi engine rating

I think BillyC has one

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Originally Posted by DanDare

Still get a Job with BA and you'd recoup that in no time.

Don't believe it. I rub shoulders with pilots all the time, things are not what what they used to be. You need to be a seasoned captain on long haul to get the megabucks. At the lower end of the scale, a first officer with a budget airline.... 21K

Originally Posted by tigersaw

Don't believe it. I rub shoulders with pilots all the time, things are not what what they used to be. You need to be a seasoned captain on long haul to get the megabucks. At the lower end of the scale, a first officer with a budget airline.... 21K

bloody hell i earn more than that...

Always fancied doing my PPL - even fancied doing the light one to go hang gliding/microlighting

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Originally Posted by getyerkneedown

No. Was working on similar training in VGS though, but failed instructors medical. Had i passed it, its the equivalent to a PPL.

My mate Jim has done his though. Did it at Sherburn Aerodrome near Leeds.

lol VGS as in volunteer gliding school?

I used to be staff at one of those and its not quite the same as a PPL

Havent done the PPL myself, just done some gliding (VGS/RAF Qualifications which are meaningless in civvy flying )

However I've got a good mate who has his PPL so can pass on any questions.

How much does it cost btw as ive got virtually every land based vehicle license going so need to change my medium to Air!

If I pay for it as a package it £5600 but as my bank manager doesn't love me that much I'm going to do it as pay as you fly it's about £125 an hour.

It's expensive but something I've wanted to do for years and have kept finding excuses not to do so this year as I got a nice pay rise I'm going to do it and if I manage to give up smoking I've worked out that what I spend on fags each month will pay for 2 hours a month